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Miscellany for deletion (MfD) is a place where Wikipedians decide what should be done with problematic pages in the namespaces which aren't covered by other specialized deletion discussion areas. Items sent here are usually discussed for seven days; then they are either deleted by an administrator or kept, based on community consensus as evident from the discussion, consistent with policy, and with careful judgment of the rough consensus if required.

Filtered versions of the page are available at

Information on the process

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What may be nominated for deletion here:

  • Pages not covered by other XFD venues, including pages in these namespaces: Draft:, Help:, Portal:, MediaWiki:, Wikipedia: (including WikiProjects), User:, TimedText:, MOS: (in the unlikely event it ever contains a page that is not a redirect or one of the 7 disambiguation pages), Event: and the various Talk: namespaces
  • Userboxes, regardless of the namespace
  • Any other page, that is not in article space, where there is dispute as to the correct XfD venue.

Requests to undelete pages deleted after discussion here, and debate whether discussions here have been properly closed, both take place at Wikipedia:Deletion review, in accordance with Wikipedia's undeletion policy.

Before nominating a page for deletion

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Before nominating a page for deletion, please consider these guidelines:

Deleting pages in your own userspace
  • If you want to have your own userpage or a draft you created deleted, there is no need to list it here; simply tag it with {{db-userreq}} or {{db-u1}} if it is a userpage, or {{db-author}} or {{db-g7}} if it is a draft. If you wish to clear your user talk page or sandbox, just blank it.
Duplications in draftspace?
  • Duplications in draftspace are usually satisfactorily fixed by redirection. If the material is in mainspace, redirect the draft to the article, or a section of the article. If multiple draft pages on the same topic have been created, tag them for merging. See WP:SRE.
Deleting pages in other people's userspace
  • Consider explaining your concerns on the user's talk page with a personal note or by adding {{subst:Uw-userpage}} ~~~~  to their talk page. This step assumes good faith and civility; often the user is simply unaware of the guidelines, and the page can either be fixed or speedily deleted using {{db-userreq}}.
  • Take care not to bite newcomers – sometimes using the {{subst:welcome}} or {{subst:welcomeg}} template and a pointer to WP:UP would be best first.
  • Problematic userspace material is often addressed by the User pages guidelines including in some cases removal by any user or tagging to clarify the content or to prevent external search engine indexing. (Examples include copies of old, deleted, or disputed material, problematic drafts, promotional material, offensive material, inappropriate links, 'spoofing' of the MediaWiki interface, disruptive HTML, invitations or advocacy of disruption, certain kinds of images and image galleries, etc) If your concern relates to these areas consider these approaches as well, or instead of, deletion.
  • User pages about Wikipedia-related matters by established users usually do not qualify for deletion.
  • Articles that were recently deleted at AfD and then moved to userspace are generally not deleted unless they have lingered in userspace for an extended period of time without improvement to address the concerns that resulted in their deletion at AfD, or their content otherwise violates a global content policy such as our policies on Biographies of living persons that applies to any namespace.
Policies, guidelines and process pages
  • Established pages and their sub-pages should not be nominated, as such nominations will probably be considered disruptive, and the ensuing discussions closed early. This is not a forum for modifying or revoking policy. Instead consider tagging the policy as {{historical}} or redirecting it somewhere.
  • Proposals still under discussion generally should not be nominated. If you oppose a proposal, discuss it on the policy page's discussion page. Consider being bold and improving the proposal. Modify the proposal so that it gains consensus. Also note that even if a policy fails to gain consensus, it is often useful to retain it as a historical record, for the benefit of future editors.
WikiProjects and their subpages
  • It is generally preferable that inactive WikiProjects not be deleted, but instead be marked as {{WikiProject status|inactive}}, redirected to a relevant WikiProject, or changed to a task force of a parent WikiProject, unless the WikiProject was incompletely created or is entirely undesirable.
  • WikiProjects that were never very active and which do not have substantial historical discussions (meaning multiple discussions over an extended period of time) on the project talk page should not be tagged as {{historical}}; reserve this tag for historically active projects that have, over time, been replaced by other processes or that contain substantial discussion (as defined above) of the organization of a significant area of Wikipedia. Before deletion of an inactive project with a founder or other formerly active members who are active elsewhere on Wikipedia, consider userfication.
  • Notify the main WikiProject talk page when nominating any WikiProject subpage, in addition to standard notification of the page creator.
Alternatives to deletion
  • Normal editing that doesn't require the use of any administrator tools, such as merging the page into another page or renaming it, can often resolve problems.
  • Pages in the wrong namespace (e.g. an article in Wikipedia namespace), can simply be moved and then tag the redirect for speedy deletion using {{db-g6|rationale= it's a redirect left after a cross-namespace move}}. Notify the author of the original article of the cross-namespace move.
Alternatives to MfD
  • Speedy deletion If the page clearly satisfies a "general" or "user" speedy deletion criterion, tag it with the appropriate template. Be sure to read the entire criterion, as some do not apply in the user space.

Please familiarize yourself with the following policies

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How to list pages for deletion

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Shortcut

Please check the aforementioned list of deletion discussion areas to check that you are in the right area. Then follow these instructions:

Instructions on listing pages for deletion:

To list a page for deletion, follow this three-step process: (replace PageName with the name of the page, including its namespace, to be deleted)

Note: Users must be logged in to complete step II. An unregistered user who wishes to nominate a page for deletion should complete step I and post their reasoning on Wikipedia talk:Miscellany for deletion with a notification to a registered user to complete the process.

I.
Edit PageName:

Enter the following text at the top of the page you are listing for deletion:

{{mfd|1={{subst:FULLPAGENAME}}}}
for a second or subsequent nomination use {{mfdx|2nd}}

or

{{mfd|GroupName}}
if nominating several similar related pages in an umbrella nomination. Choose a suitable name as GroupName and use it on each page.
If the nomination is for a userbox or similarly transcluded page, use {{subst:mfd-inline}} so as to not mess up the formatting for the userbox.
Use {{subst:mfd-inline|GroupName}} for a group nomination of several related userboxes or similarly transcluded pages.
  • Please include in the edit summary the phrase
    Added MfD nomination at [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/PageName]]
    replace PageName with the name of the page that is up for deletion.
  • Please don't mark your edit summary as a minor edit.
  • Check the "Watch this page" box if you would like to follow the page in your watchlist. This may help you to notice if your MfD tag is removed by someone.
  • Save the page
II.
Create its MfD subpage.

The resulting MfD box at the top of the page should contain the link "this page's entry"

  • Click that link to open the page's deletion discussion page.
  • Insert this text:
{{subst:mfd2| pg={{subst:#titleparts:{{subst:PAGENAME}}||2}}| text=Reason why the page should be deleted}} ~~~~
replacing Reason... with your reasons why the page should be deleted and sign the page. Do not substitute the pagename, as this will occur automatically.
  • Consider checking "Watch this page" to follow the progress of the debate.
  • Please use an edit summary such as
    Creating deletion discussion page for [[PageName]]
    replacing PageName with the name of the page you are proposing for deletion.
  • If appropriate, inform members of the most relevant WikiProjects through one or more "deletion sorting lists". Then add a {{subst:delsort|<topic>|<signature>}} template to the nomination, to insert a note that this has been done.
  • Save the page.
III.
Add a line to MfD.

Follow   this edit link   and at the top of the list add a line:

{{subst:mfd3| pg=PageName}}
Put the page's name in place of "PageName".
  • Include the discussion page's name in your edit summary like
    Added [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/PageName]]
    replacing PageName with the name of the page you are proposing for deletion.
  • Save the page.
  • If nominating a page that has been nominated before, use the page's name in place of "PageName" and add
{{priorxfd|PageName}}
in the nominated page deletion discussion area to link to the previous discussions and then save the page using an edit summary such as
Added [[Template:priorxfd]] to link to prior discussions.
  • If nominating a page from someone else's userspace, notify them on their main talk page.
    For other pages, while not required, it is generally considered civil to notify the good-faith creator and any main contributors of the miscellany that you are nominating. To find the main contributors, look in the page history or talk page of the page and/or use TDS' Article Contribution Counter or Wikipedia Page History Statistics. For your convenience, you may add

    {{subst:mfd notice|PageName}} ~~~~

    to their talk page in the "edit source" section, replacing PageName with the pagename. Please use an edit summary such as

    Notice of deletion discussion at [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/PageName]]

    replacing PageName with the name of the nomination page you are proposing for deletion.
  • If the user has not edited in a while, consider sending the user an email to notify them about the MfD if the MfD concerns their user pages.
  • If you are nominating a WikiProject, please post a notice at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Council, in addition to the project's talk page and the talk pages of the founder and active members.

Administrator instructions

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XFD backlog
V Apr May Jun Jul Total
CfD 0 0 0 43 43
TfD 0 0 1 20 21
MfD 0 0 4 1 5
FfD 0 0 1 7 8
RfD 0 0 0 4 4
AfD 0 0 0 3 3

Administrator instructions for closing and relisting discussions can be found here.

Archived discussions

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A list of archived discussions can be located at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Archived debates.

Current discussions

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Pages currently being considered for deletion are indexed by the day on which they were first listed. Please place new listings at the top of the section for the current day. If no section for the current day is present, please start a new section.

July 18, 2025

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was: speedy keep. The nominator clearly meant to open a discussion about the article (at WP:AFD), not open an MfD discussion about the talk page. Speedy keeping this—they're more than welcome to open a deletion discussion in the correct venue. —Tom Morris (talk) 13:26, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Hype (magazine)

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Talk:Hype (magazine) (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

No reputable external references/sources at all. Wikirapguru (talk) 13:02, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was: speedy keep. The nominator clearly meant to open a discussion about the article (at WP:AFD), not open an MfD discussion about the talk page. Speedy keeping this—they're more than welcome to open a deletion discussion in the correct venue. (Same issue at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Talk:Hype (magazine).) —Tom Morris (talk) 13:32, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Urb (magazine)

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Talk:Urb (magazine) (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

No references can be found, only 1 external link exists, website of a "magazine" contains a blank template/placeholder page only. Wikirapguru (talk) 12:59, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.


July 15, 2025

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User:TheFIRSTHistorian/sandbox

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User:TheFIRSTHistorian/sandbox (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Per WP:COPIES and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ComparePages?page1=User%3ATheFIRSTHistorian%2Fsandbox&rev1=719996038&page2=FIRST+Res-Q&rev2=719998052 Paradoctor (talk) 19:24, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Retract per Robert. Paradoctor (talk) 01:00, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

July 13, 2025

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Nicki Minaj

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Nicki Minaj (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Project that was recently "revived" for no reason. Single musicians almost never need a stand-alone project and even task forces would seem excessive for most cases. Gonnym (talk) 14:04, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Latin music

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Latin music (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Recently created project with no prior discussion anywhere. This can be handled directly by WP:WikiProject Women in Music. If deleted, please delete related categories and templates. Gonnym (talk) 14:02, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment- I am the original editor for this Wikiproject. It is now an in-progress draft, not an active project page, and was purposefully placed in draft mode while being created. The ultimate goal is to establish a task force under Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Music and Wikipedia:WikiProject Latin music to address a specific systemic content gap: the underrepresentation of women in Latin music genres like reggaetón, salsa, bachata, cumbia, ranchera, and others. This is distinct from the broader Women in Music project since cultural, regional, and genre-specific coverage difficulties in Latin music are not satisfactorily handled elsewhere. The wikiproject is not yet marketed or used as an official project; it is still in development. I respectfully ask that the page be retained in draft mode to enable future development and collaboration with relevant WikiProjects. I welcome feedback and debate as it develops. Sunrise In Brooklyn ✉ 20:08, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - This project, as noted by its originator, is in a draft status. I will vote Keep unless a reason is provided why it should not be discussed while in draft status. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:07, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    It really isn't a draft. Sunrise has created dozens of categories and templates which will require cleaning up after them. A draft is only a project page and a talk page. But even that comes after a proposal to see if you have a group of editors. Sticking a draft template does not make it a draft. Gonnym (talk) 08:04, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - This project does not have a project talk page. The activity of a WikiProject takes place on the project talk page. A talk page should be created with at least a project talk page header. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:09, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, undiscussed WikiProjecr created out of process. We already have WikiProject Women and WikiProject Latin music - why do we need a separate project for the intersection of these interests? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:19, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep – This is not a redundant or unnecessary project. While Wikipedia:WikiProject Women and Wikipedia:WikiProject Latin music exist, this project focuses specifically on the intersection of gender and genre: women in Latin music. Just as we have Women in hip hop, this WikiProject supports the improvement of content related to Latina artists, producers, composers, and contributors in a genre often dominated by men. Intersectional identities often go underrepresented in generalist projects, and this project helps correct systemic content gaps in coverage, sourcing, and notability. Sunrise In Brooklyn ✉ 12:51, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Event:Yay-an-event

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Event:Yay-an-event (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

I am not sure if we need two different Event Sandboxes. Putting it here in case someone disagrees. Wikipedian Talk to me! or not… 10:18, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:FaheemPindiSaidpur

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User:FaheemPindiSaidpur (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Clear Self Promotion Pencilceaser123 (talk) 06:47, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete per WP:G11 88.97.192.42 (talk) 08:27, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Rhododendrites 88.97.192.42 (talk) 17:50, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete or Speedy Delete as U5 or G11. User is only here to advertise. Robert McClenon (talk) 13:39, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - Huh?? The entirety of the article is basically "I contributed to an article, here's how I contributed, I welcome other people's help." In what world is that promotion, or unlike anyone else's user page in this discussion? — Rhododendrites talk \\ 14:04, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Ah, I see. There's an older version, and there's missing context: in adding to the Pindi Saidpur article, he also mentioned himself. I wouldn't say the previous version -- a two-line introduction to who they are -- is G11 or U5 worthy, but in any event that version has been replaced now. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 14:07, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep.
As the page is no longer self promotion I do not believe this should be deleted now. Pencilceaser123 (talk) 00:01, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

July 12, 2025

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User:Gbgblade

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User:Gbgblade (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

WP:NOTWEBHOST. BD2412 T 20:21, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It was a reasonable draft, users should not be forced to use draftspace, and blanking is fine for old userpages. SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:14, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Old business

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July 5, 2025

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User:AaronHot123/sandbox

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User:AaronHot123/sandbox (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​

Wikipedia is not an alt history site. Would be a U5 except they have too many edits outside userspace. * Pppery * it has begun... 15:54, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This search is a good way to find alternate history sandboxes. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 18:55, 5 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom and Robert McClenon. — Sundostund mppria (talk / contribs) 09:20, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep: Maybe the above comments were about a previous revision of the page. I see a sandbox where someone is playing around with infoboxes, seeing how they work. If there are policy violations, editing the page to remove them should be sufficient; I just edited the page to fix nonexistent templates, per the guideline at WP:REDNOT. Deletion seems extreme. I put stuff like this in my sandbox pages all the time. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:33, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The current version is still inappropriate alt history IMO. * Pppery * it has begun... 15:21, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Blank per AaronHot123's comment on his talk page ("Would removing the content on the sandbox page be enough?"). I do see this as closer to NOTWEBHOST than to reasonable experimentation, especially since it's 90% of his edits, but I think blanking would be adequate. A talk-page note probably would have been preferable to MfD in this instance, in my opinion. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 06:28, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

June 30, 2025

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was: keep. (non-admin closure) Yelps ᘛ⁠⁐̤⁠ᕐ⁠ᐷ critique me 08:45, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Jsonantenor

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User talk:Jsonantenor (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​
(Time stamp for bot to properly relist.) Star Mississippi 01:53, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing but unencyclopedic ramblings from the user (mostly in Filipino) and one random unintelligible comment from an IP who may be the same person or an offline acquaintance. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 04:50, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Star Mississippi 01:53, 30 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.


June 27, 2025

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Nickelodeon task force/Nicktoons task force

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Nickelodeon task force/Nicktoons task force (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​
(Time stamp for bot to properly relist.) Left guide (talk) 22:10, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

An overly specific task force created by one participant in 2013, which has never been active since then, i.e. it never really worked as a task force. The only participant is placeholder. Solidest (talk) 18:27, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: What do others think of the "mark historical" suggestion?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Left guide (talk) 22:10, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
[1] All activity seems to be automatic messaging rather than something meaningful. Solidest (talk) 01:09, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was: soft delete * Pppery * it has begun... 16:36, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Shannara task force/User Shannara task force

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Shannara task force/User Shannara task force (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) – (View MfD)​
(Time stamp for bot to properly relist.) — Godsy (TALKCONT) 06:41, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unused userbox for defunct taskforce Solidest (talk) 17:19, 27 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Was it ever used? It is annoying to find deleted Userboxes in Userpage histories. SmokeyJoe (talk) 02:01, 28 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Godsy (TALKCONT) 06:41, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.


Closed discussions

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Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Archived debates

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